This haul was under €45 in Lidl. Insane value for healthy, non subsistence food, cheaper than a lot of countries where €1500 a month is a professional salary. Only thing that keeps living here vaguely affordable.

by JackhusChanhus

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  3. I’ll tell ya our shopping for a family of 7 (4 Humans & 3 Dogs) has gone from around 250ish a month to over 400 since before COVID & that’s in Lidl and Aldi.

  4. I’d be a millionaire if my kids weren’t such picky eaters…

  6. Live in Canada and did groceries today. Didn’t get much more than this and it cost more than $400. Ireland is great value for the shopping

  7. It’s not Ireland lol, it’s Lidl. Thank the Germans.

  9. That halloumi is banging in fairness. And waaay cheaper than any of the alternatives.

  10. Lidl is actually class. Lucky enough to live right across the road from quite a decently sized one. We can get everything there

  12. Would that do you for the week?
    Would you share a few of the meals that’s you’d make?

  14. 4 jams and no bread. You just eat it with a scoop? 😆 quality haul. Vegetarian and cooking mostly from scratch definitely helps you I’d say

  15. true that, I live in NZ and its robbery the prices of groceries here

  17. People are saying it’s just Lidl/Aldi but I’m living in Toronto the last 7 years. I put together a table recently of our groceries here vs prices at home. I used Tesco there and Sobey’s and Metro here.

    It all adds up and Tesco ended up loads cheaper per shop

  18. Just bought milk, asparagus, yogurt, soy sauce, and butter for $48 🎉

  21. Can’t beat Lidl in Spain. Their alcohol prices are unbelievable.

  22. this is easily $200 in the US for the equivalent and maybe even lower quality goods

  23. I’m here visiting my wife’s cousin for a couple of weeks and I find the groceries to be very expensive for the quality and I was very surprised as Ireland is an EU country unlike England, it’s still much better than England but not comparable to other EU countries where I’ve seen groceries like Austria, Slovakia, Germany, Italy to name a few.

  24. Would love to see how much the same would cost in Lidl in Germany.

    €45 might be fair for that haul, but I always feel like we’re getting shafted when I see prices over there.

  25. Love seeing Irish Veggies. Amazed that people in comment section are so oblivious to how much protein you can get from this haul without meat.

  26. I’d love to shop in Lidl/Aldi but they don’t have self checkouts or the hand held scanner like Tesco has. It makes buying a few items a big pain as you’ll most likely be behind someone doing their weekly shop.

  27. This is a good haul for vegetarian it seems? 2 adults, we spend anywhere from 100 to 120 a week in lidl

  28. I’ve a friend in UK I visit regularly. Their grocery stuff aint a patch on ours. In particular the butters, spreadable or otherwise. They buy Lurpak all the time. And that’s Danish. They don’t even buy their own country’s butter. And Lurpak just tastes like margarine to me (I can’t tell them!).

    When they come over here I have me usual Connacht Gold half fat and Dunnes brand hard butter. Lose their feckin minds they do. In some area’s we’re really very very lucky. The only country I’d say the butter’s on par with ours, is France. But its less salty so I still prefer Irelands tbh!

  31. Why are people so vexed about a random person’s groceries? Like obviously we don’t all eat the same stuff and that’s fine. Also OP you’re right, we have it good here groceries wise. And I’m also a vegetarian haha. Have you tried the Aldi tofu strips? They cone pre seasoned and are sooo good in a stir fry.

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